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Hispaniolan Conure  

Also Known As: Hispaniolan Parakeet, San Domingo Conure
 
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Hispaniolan Conure perching, Dominican Republic

Credit: © Thierry Poncelet
 
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Did You Know?
The Hispaniolan Conure incubates its eggs for a longer period than the other Aratinga species - up to 27 days. Others of this genus incubate their eggs for 22-24 days.

Species Profile
Genus:
Aratinga

Species:
chloroptera

Size: Adult Weight:
32cm (12.5 in) 150g (5.25 oz)

Races including nominate:
two: A.c. chloroptera, A.c. maugei

Colourization Adult: A.c. chloroptera: both adults mainly green; red bend of wing, carpal edge; red outer median wing coverts and outer underwing coverts; green inner greater underwing coverts with variable red markings; green inner lesser underwing coverts; dull olive/yellow undersides of flight feathers. Bill horn in colour. Eye ring bare and buff/white. Eye yellow. A.c. maugei: both adults as in chloroptera, but with duller green underparts; more red on greater underwing coverts.

Colourization Juvenile: A.c. chloroptera: red on bend of wing, carpal edge, or outer median wing coverts absent; less red on greater underwing coverts. Grey at base of bill. Eye grey.

Call: Calls are described as shrill screeched in flight or when perched.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E230.htm&Pic=230_1.JPG

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1571&m=0

Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.